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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 18-12-12 13:46, David Cole schreef:<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:57 AM,
Alexander Neundorf <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="im">On Monday 17 December 2012, David Cole
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<div class="im">> I thought we wanted them to switch to
the new behavior... Isn't that the<br>
> goal of emitting warnings from policy
implementations...?<br>
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...but not as long as the project still wants to keep the
old minimum required<br>
cmake version (or am I mixing things up) ?<br>
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Alex<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">No, you're not mixing things up. You're
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<div class="gmail_extra">If somebody wants to use minimum required
2.6.2 *and* they don't like warnings emitted by newer versions
of CMake about new policies, then they have to change their
code, or use the -D <span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:22px;text-align:justify">CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP<NNNN> </span>technique.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Now if they're going to change their code
anyway, why not make a change that is compatible with the new
policy introduced rather than adding a bunch of code to keep
things in the OLD state. With many policies it is possible to
write CMake code that honors the NEW state of the policy, but
still works with older CMakes.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">I would ask for specific advice regarding
the particulars of the policy violation to see if there is such
a way to re-write the code to work with older AND newer CMakes
before I would ever consider setting a policy to OLD in my own
CMakeLists files.</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">HTH,</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">David</div>
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I can send specific examples if you want. I'm not sure I can send
attachments to the mailing list, though.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Marcel Loose.<br>
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